About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Novel concept. Air Canada

Novel concept. Air Canada boosts service to earn more revenue. Funny thing is that this is a novel concept in the airline industry. With so many airlines cutting back on their amenities, customers might just choose to fly one that isn’t. In contrast, United in recent years has eroded its premium cabins by: ending hot towel service domestically ending champagne service domestically cutting Godiva chocolates and hot chocolate chip cookies cutting the personal video library in 3-class First There are fewer passengers paying premium fares in the current environment. But those that are have no reason to choose United over a competitor flying a similar route. As other airlines introduce flat beds in business class, even United’s advantage of the best seat in the sky is gone. Delta and United are both following a low-cost…

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New Lufthansa Visa

New Lufthansa Visa offers 6000 signup points, no annual fee, and one mile per dollar spent. Pretty good for a no annual fee card! Lufthansa’s award chart isn’t the best for North American residents, though.

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Test drive a

Test drive a new 2003 Jaguar X-TYPE through February 25, 2003 for 10,000 British Airways miles. Buy the car by March 12, 2003, and you’ll get an additional 80,000 British Airways miles.

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Holy Smokes. USAirways goes berserk

Holy Smokes. USAirways goes berserk with double miles promos and fast tracks to elite status. These all appear like they were probably intended for specific targeted Dividend Miles members, but it looks like anyone can sign up. And while they may say “Cannot be combined with other bonus mile offers,” that often proves false. Earn Double Miles when flying US Airways and US Airways Express between February 4 and April 30, 2003 Earn Double Miles when flying US Airways and US Airways Express between March 1 and May 31, 2003. Earn Double Miles when flying US Airways and US Airways Express between March 1 and May 31, 2003. Fast Track to Silver and Earn Double Miles when flying US Airways and US Airways Express between February 4 and April 30, 2003. (Excludes US Airways Shuttle.)…

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